Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Lezione 12 - Le crisi finanziarie pre-2007: Grande Depressione; Messico 1994; Asia orientale 1997-98; Russia 1998; fallimento LTCM; depressione giapponese; megafallimenti societari Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 1 Bari, EIMF 2012 0. Outline Scaletta della lezione 12 1. Grande Depressione; 2. La crisi scandinava; 3. Messico 1994; 4. Asia orientale 1997-98; 5. Russia 1998; 6. Fallimento LTCM; 7. Depressione giapponese; 8. Megafallimenti societari. Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 2 Bari, EIMF 2012 1. Grande Depressione – 1 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 3 Bari, EIMF 2012 1. Grande Depressione – 2 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 4 Bari, EIMF 2012 1. Grande Depressione – 3 File:1929 wall street crash graph.svg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia No higher resolution available. 1929_wall_street_crash_graph.svg (SVG file, nominally 800 × 400 pixels, file size: 17 KB) This image rendered as PNG in other sizes: 200px, 500px, 1000px, 2000px. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons (//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) . Information from its description page there (//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1929_wall_street_crash_graph.svg) is shown below. 5 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help (//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Welcome) . Description Graph of the 1929 crash on Wall Street as part of a timeline from Oct 1928 - Oct 1930. See full graph 1. Grande Depressione – 4 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 1928 1929 1930 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 Giovanni Ferri 1936 1937 1938 1939 6 Bari, EIMF 2012 1. Grande Depressione – 5 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 7 Bari, EIMF 2012 1. Grande Depressione – 6 $12,000 GDP per American in constant year 2000 dollars Depression begins in the U.S Banks closed Gold convertibility suspended World War II begins in Europe $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 Pearl Harbor attack $4,000 Franklin Roosevelt takes office Herbert Hoover takes office Recession in depression U.S. rearmament begins in earnest $2,000 GDP per capita Full normal GDP $0 1928 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria 1930 1932 1934 1936 Giovanni Ferri 1938 1940 1942 8 Bari, EIMF 2012 1. Grande Depressione – 7 $10 000 United States Per capita income, 1996 international dollars (at PPP) United Kingdom Belgium $8 000 France Argentina Germany $6 000 Italy Hungary Japan Brazil $4 000 marks point at which country left Gold Standard $2 000 1925 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria 1930 1935 Giovanni Ferri 1940 9 Bari, EIMF 2012 2. La crisi scandinava – 1 58 Liberalization, Crises and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Ja n M –86 ay O –86 ct M –86 ar Au –87 g D –87 ec M –87 ay O –88 ct M –88 ar Au –89 g D –89 ec M –89 ay O –90 c M t–9 ar 0 Au –91 g D –91 ec M –91 ay O –92 ct M –92 ar Ju –93 D l–9 ec 3 M –93 ay O –94 c M t–9 ar 4 Ju –95 D l–9 ec 5 –9 5 0 Sweden-DS Stock Market (100 at 1 Jan 1986) Figure 8.1 Sweden stock market index Source: Thomson Datastream 210 190 170 e Monetaria Economia Finanziaria 150 Giovanni Ferri 10 Bari, EIMF 2012 Figure 8.1 Sweden stock market index 2. LaSource: crisi scandinava –2 Thomson Datastream 210 190 170 150 130 110 90 70 Q 1 1 Q 986 3 1 Q 986 1 1 Q 987 3 1 Q 987 1 1 Q 988 3 1 Q 988 1 1 Q 989 3 1 Q 989 1 1 Q 990 3 1 Q 990 1 1 Q 991 3 1 Q 991 1 1 Q 992 3 1 Q 992 1 1 Q 993 3 1 Q 993 1 1 Q 994 3 1 Q 994 1 1 Q 995 3 1 Q 995 1 19 96 50 Sweden real estate price index (100 at 1 Jan 1986) Figure 8.2 Sweden real estate index Source: Thomson Datastream 11 balance-sheet channel (see sectionGiovanni 4.2.1 above). However, the flood of 2012 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Ferri Bari, EIMF money simply overwhelmed the capacity of financial institutions and 2. La crisi scandinava – 3 Recent Financial Crises 59 30 25 20 15 % 10 5 0 –5 –10 –15 Figure 8.3 19 95 19 94 19 93 19 92 19 91 19 90 19 89 19 88 19 87 19 86 19 85 –20 Banks’ claims on private sector (1Y percentage change – Sweden) Source: Thomson Datastream Economia 10Finanziaria e Monetaria 9 Giovanni Ferri 12 Bari, EIMF 2012 Figure 8.3 Banks’ claims on private sector (1Y percentage change – Sweden) 2. La crisi scandinava – 4 Source: Thomson Datastream 10 9 8 7 % 6 5 4 3 2 1 19 96 19 95 19 94 19 93 19 92 19 91 19 90 19 89 19 88 19 87 19 86 19 85 0 Figure 8.4 Unemployment 1985–96 (percentage – Sweden) Source: Thomson Datastream Economia Finanziaria ethe Monetaria Therefore results Giovanni Ferrideregulation years of 13 EIMF 2012 wereBari, a specula- of some tive bubble, high private borrowing and an excessive credit growth (see 2. La crisi scandinava – 5 60 Liberalization, Crises and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies 2 1 % 0 –1 –2 –3 Figure 8.5 19 95 19 94 19 93 2 19 9 1 19 9 90 19 89 19 19 88 19 87 86 19 19 85 –4 Current account balance (percentage of GDP – Sweden) Source: Thomson Datastream Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria domestic demand encouraged Giovanni Ferri imports and the a negative value (see Figure 8.5). current 14 EIMF 2012 accountBari, reached Recent Financial Crises 61 2. La crisi scandinava – 6 14 12 10 % 8 6 4 2 Ja n– Ju 85 l– Ja 85 n– Ju 86 l Ja –86 n– Ju 87 l– Ja 87 n– Ju 88 l Ja –88 n– Ju 89 l Ja –89 n– Ju 90 l Ja –90 n– Ju 91 l– Ja 91 n– Ju 92 l– Ja 92 n– Ju 93 l– Ja 93 n– Ju 94 l– Ja 94 n– Ju 95 l– 95 0 Policy rate Inflation rate Figure 8.6 Policy rate and inflation (Sweden) Source: Thomson Datastream Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 15 Bari, EIMF 2012 shares of the Nordbanken and guarantee the loan issued by the Första Liberalization, 2. 62 La crisi scandinavaCrises – 7 and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 6.5 6 5.5 O ct – Ap 85 r– O 86 ct – Ap 86 r– O 87 ct – Ap 87 r– O 88 ct – Ap 88 r– O 89 ct – Ap 89 r– O 90 ct – Ap 90 r– O 91 ct – Ap 91 r– O 92 ct – Ap 92 r– O 93 ct – Ap 93 r– O 94 ct – Ap 94 r– O 95 ct –9 5 5 Figure 8.7 Krona to US$ (Sweden) Source: Thomson Datastream increase the interest Economia Finanziaria e Monetariarate 16 to protect the exchange rate from speculative Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 attacks. In the case of Sweden, the interaction between the real, bank several sectors were deregulated and the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) agreement with the USA and Canada allowed Mexico 3. Messico 1994 – 1 180 160 140 % 120 100 80 60 40 20 Ja n– Se 86 p M –86 ay Ja –87 n Se –88 p– M 88 ay Ja –89 n Se –90 p M –90 ay Ja –91 n Se –92 p– M 92 ay Ja –93 n Se –94 p M –94 ay Ja –95 n– Se 96 p M –96 ay Ja –97 n Se –98 p M –98 ay Ja –99 n– 00 0 Figure 8.8 Consumer Price Index annual inflation rate (Mexico) Source: Thomson Datastream Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 17 Bari, EIMF 2012 Recent Financial Crises 65 3. Messico 1994 – 2 60 50 40 30 20 10 Total 98 1 19 97 Q 3 19 97 Q 1 19 96 Q Q 3 19 96 19 95 1 Q 3 19 95 Domestic Q Q 1 19 94 19 94 3 Q Q 1 19 93 19 93 Q 3 19 92 1 Q 3 19 92 Q Q 1 19 91 19 91 3 Q Q 1 19 90 19 3 Q Q 1 19 90 0 External Figure 8.9 Net public debt (percentage of GDP – Mexico) Source: Thomson Datastream Economia Finanziaria to enter into eaMonetaria large trading on free trade policies. Ferri area, Giovanni with excellent growth 18 Bari, EIMF 2012 prospects based the bank supervisory bodies in such an institutionally weak context, to the point that they could not prevent excessive exposure to risk by the bank3. Messico 1994 – 3 ing system. On their part, the depositors and investors felt reassured by 60 50 % 40 30 20 10 6 19 9 5 19 9 4 19 9 3 19 9 2 19 9 1 19 9 19 9 0 9 19 8 19 8 8 0 Figure 8.10 Bank credit to private enterprises (percentage of GDP – Mexico) Source: Thomson Datastream Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 19 Bari, EIMF 2012 3. 68 Messico 1994 – 4 Crises and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies Liberalization, 30 US $ B illion 25 20 15 10 5 Se 90 p– Ja 90 n– M 91 ay – Se 91 p– Ja 91 n– M 92 ay – Se 92 p– Ja 92 n– M 93 ay – Se 93 p– Ja 93 n– M 94 ay – Se 94 p– Ja 94 n– M 95 ay – Se 95 p– 9 Ja 5 n– 96 ay – M Ja n –9 0 0 Figure 8.11 International reserves (US$ billion – Mexico) Source: Thomson Datastream 9 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria 8 Giovanni Ferri 20 Bari, EIMF 2012 Source: Thomson Datastream 3. Messico 1994 – 5 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 4 ay –9 Ju 4 l– 9 Se 4 p– N 94 ov – Ja 94 n– M 95 ar – M 95 ay –9 Ju 5 l– 9 Se 5 p– N 95 ov – Ja 95 n– M 96 ar – M 96 ay –9 Ju 6 l– 9 Se 6 p– N 96 ov –9 Ja 6 n– 97 –9 M ar M Ja n –9 4 2 Figure 8.12 Mexican pesos to US$ Source: Thomson Datastream The heavy devaluation of the exchange rate pushed import prices up, 21 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 which increased the inflation rate (see Figure 8.8). To curb the devaluation and to stifle inflation, the central bank significantly increased 3. Messico 1994 – 6 Recent Financial Crises 69 200 180 140 120 100 Ja n– M 93 ar – M 93 ay –9 Ju 3 l– 9 Se 3 p– N 93 ov – Ja 93 n– M 94 ar – M 94 ay –9 Ju 4 l– 9 Se 4 p– N 94 ov – Ja 94 n– M 95 ar – M 95 ay –9 Ju 5 l– 9 Se 5 p– N 95 ov –9 Ja 5 n– 96 80 Figure 8.13 Stock market (1 at 1 January 1993 – Mexico) Source: Thomson Datastream other, the value of the assets in the local currency did not change. The 22 soundness of the household and Giovanni company sectors was also weakened by Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 the increasing interest rates and the collapse this caused on the stock 70 Liberalization, Crises and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 1 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 !5.0 South Korea Philippines Indonesia Malaysia 19 99 19 98 19 97 19 96 19 95 19 94 19 93 19 92 19 91 !10.0 Thailand Figure 8.14 Current account (percentage of GDP – Asia) Source: International Monetary Fund IFS However, even if it followed the line of the Mexican crisis, the crisis 23 in Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 East Asia was a clear intensification in the pathology of systemic crises. Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Recent Financial Crises 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 2 71 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 Figure 8.15 South Korea Philippines Indonesia Taiwan USA Germany Malaysia 96 95 19 19 94 19 93 19 92 19 91 19 90 19 89 19 19 88 0.0 Thailand Leverage for six East Asian countries, Germany and the USA Source: Claessens et al. (1999) 80% 70% Finanziaria e Monetaria Economia 60% Giovanni Ferri 24 Bari, EIMF 2012 Figure 8.15 Leverage for six East Asian countries, Germany and the USA Source: Claessens et al. (1999) 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 3 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Figure 8.16 the USA South Korea Philippines Indonesia Malaysia Taiwan USA Germany Japan 96 19 95 19 94 19 93 19 92 19 91 19 90 19 89 19 19 88 20% Thailand Short-term debt share for six East Asian countries, Germany and Source: Claessens et al. (1999) the other two countries – was short-term debt in foreign currency (see25 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 Figure 8.17). The significant exposure of these firms to exchange risk – due to their high debt in foreign currency, mainly with no coverage of d ai la n Th Ta iw an s M Ph ilip pi ne ea Ko r th So u In do al ay si a 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 ne si a % 72 orientale Liberalization, Crises 4. Asia 1997-98 – 4and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies Foreign Short Term Foreign Long Term Domestic Short Term Domestic Long Term Figure 8.17 Distribution of debt in six East Asian countries (foreign vs domestic and short vs long term) Source: Claessens et al. (1999) Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria 5.0 4.0 Giovanni Ferri 26 Bari, EIMF 2012 and short vs long term) Source: Claessens et al. (1999) 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 5 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 !1.0 !2.0 !3.0 !4.0 !5.0 91 9 1 92 9 1 South Korea Figure 8.18 93 9 1 94 9 1 Philippines 95 9 1 6 9 19 Indonesia 7 9 19 Malaysia 98 9 1 99 9 1 Thailand Government deficit (percentage of GDP – Asia) Source: International Monetary Fund IFS Bank, 1996), due to high growth with high private savings rates, public 27 finance surpluses (or small deficits; see Figure 8.18) and lowBari, inflation Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri EIMF 2012 rates (see Figure 8.19), in contrast with the fragility that led to the crisis Recent Financial Crises 73 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 6 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 9 9 1 2 9 9 1 South Korea 3 9 9 1 4 9 9 1 Philippines 5 9 9 1 6 9 9 1 Indonesia 7 9 9 1 Malaysia 8 9 9 1 9 9 9 1 Thailand Figure 8.19 Inflation rate (Asia) Source: International Monetary Fund IFS 28 The concerns about Thailand had already started in 1995–96 upon Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 the appearance of signals of loss of external competitiveness – deficit of Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria 74 Liberalization, Crises and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 7 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 !5.0 !10.0 !15.0 !20.0 1 1 9 9 2 9 9 1 1 South Korea Figure 8.20 3 9 9 4 9 19 Philippines 5 9 19 6 9 19 Indonesia 7 9 19 Malaysia 8 9 19 9 9 19 Thailand GDP growth (Asia) Source: International Monetary Fund IFS Despite the intervention of international financial institutions, the 29 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 crisis did not end in Thailand, but spread by contagion to several other countries in the region, which were forced, one by one, to abandon 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 8 Table 8.1 Summary of bank behaviour in the countries affected by the crisis Indonesia South Korea Malaysia Philippines Thailand Negative real rates until summer 1998; high real rates thereafter Yes (but moderate from summer 1998) High until summer 1998; moderately high thereafter Yes Moderately high in the earlier part of 1998; then declines Moderately high in the latter part of 1997; downward trend in 1998 Moderately high in 1997; downward trend in 1998 Yes Yes Yes (at least temporary third quarter 1997) No significant change in 1997 but sharpest drop in 1998 From private banks to state banks Sharp decline in first half of 1998 Sharp decline in 1998 Downward trend in 1997; drop in 1998 From local banks to nationwide banks From private banks and saving banks to commercial banks 4.2 Domestic to foreign banks Yes Yes From merchant banks and finance companies to commercial banks Yes Slight upward trend in 1997 and sharp decline in 1998 From small banks to large banks NA Yes 5 Evidence of flight to quality by banks (e.g. via larger holding of Treasury securities) Yes Yes Yes Yes NA 1 Degree of increase in real interest rates following the crisis 2 Increase in the spread between lending rate and interest rate on risk-free assets 3 Extent of decline in the growth of real loans 4 Evidence of flight to quality by depositors 4.1 Among domestic banks Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 30 Bari, EIMF 2012 77 (continued) 78 4. Asia orientale 1997-98 – 9 Table 8.1 Continued Indonesia South Korea Malaysia Philippines Thailand 6 Evidence of disproportionate contraction in loans to SMEs Yes Yes Yes (loans drop more in regions where SMEs are concentrated) NA 7 Increase in the rejection rate of loan applications 8 Shortening in the maturity of financial intermediation 9 Evidence on contraction in pre-committed loans NA NA No obvious decline but drop in share of small-size loans Yes ND NA Yes, strongly so Yes Yes NA NA Yes Yes No, contrary evidence NA NA Source: Domaç et al. (1999) Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 31 Bari, EIMF 2012 Liberalization, Crises and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies 5. 80 Russia 1998 – 1 300 250 % 200 150 100 50 Ja n– M 95 ar M –95 ay – Ju 95 l– Se 95 p N –95 ov Ja –95 n M –96 ar M –96 ay – Ju 96 l– Se 96 p N –96 ov Ja –96 n M –97 ar M –97 ay – Ju 97 l– Se 97 p N –97 ov Ja –97 n– M 98 ar M –98 ay – Ju 98 l– 98 0 Figure 8.21 GKO yield (Russia) Source: RECEP, Russian economic trend, various issues Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 32 Bari, EIMF 2012 After the currency crisis in 1994, Russia started a delicate process of 5. Russia 1998 – 2 Recent Financial Crises 81 Others; 7% CBR; 21% Non-Resident; 30% Banks; 42% Figure 8.22 Distribution of GKO/OFZ holdings (June 1998 – Russia) Source: Our estimates 250 200 % 150 100 50 Ja n– Ap 95 r– Ju 95 l– O 95 ct – Ja 95 n– Ap 96 r– Ju 96 l– O 96 ct – Ja 96 n– Ap 97 r– Ju 97 l– O 97 ct – Ja 97 n– Ap 98 r– Ju 98 l– O 98 ct – Ja 98 n– Ap 99 r– Ju 99 l– O 99 ct –9 9 0 Figure 8.23 CPI annual inflation rate (Russia) Source: Thomson Datastream 200 to 15 per cent during the period 1995–97 (see Figure 8.23); c) the Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri exchange rate fluctuated within a limited range between 5 and 6 roubles per US dollar (see Figure 8.24); d) the high price of oil ($25 per barrel) had 33 Bari, EIMF 2012 82 Liberalization, 5. Russia 1998 – 3 Crises and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies 25 20 15 10 5 Ja n –9 Ap 5 r– 9 Ju 5 l– 9 O 5 ct –9 Ja 5 n– 96 Ap r– 9 Ju 6 l– 9 O 6 ct –9 Ja 6 n– 9 Ap 7 r– 9 Ju 7 l– 9 O 7 ct –9 Ja 7 n– 9 Ap 8 r– 9 Ju 8 l– 98 O ct –9 Ja 8 n– 99 0 Figure 8.24 Roubles to US$ Source: Thomson Datastream Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria 500 Giovanni Ferri 34 Bari, EIMF 2012 Figure 8.24 Roubles to US$ Source: Thomson 5. Russia 1998 – 4Datastream 500 400 300 200 100 Se p– D 95 ec M –95 ar Ju –96 n Se –96 p– D 96 ec M –96 ar Ju –97 n Se –97 p– D 97 ec M –97 ar Ju –98 n Se –98 p– D 98 ec M –98 ar Ju –99 n Se –99 p– D 99 ec M –99 ar Ju –00 n Se –00 p– D 00 ec –0 0 0 Figure 8.25 Equity index (RTS ! 1 at September 1995 – Russia) Source: Thomson Datastream With these weaknesses, the two shocks affecting Russia in the second 35 Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 half of 1997 opened the way to crisis. On the one hand, the oil-price drop reduced the value of Russian exports by approximately 20 per Recent Financial Crises 83 5. Russia 1998 – 5 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 !2 !4 % !6 !8 !10 !12 !14 Figure 8.26 Federal budget deficit to GDP (Russia) Source: RECEP, Russian economic trend, various issues 30 Economia 28 Finanziaria e Monetaria 26 Giovanni Ferri 36 Bari, EIMF 2012 Figure 8.26 Federal budget deficit to GDP (Russia) Source: RECEP, economic trend, various issues 5. Russia 1998 –Russian 6 Ja n M –9 ar 6 M –9 ay 6 Ju –96 l Se –96 p N –9 ov 6 Ja –9 n– 6 M 9 ar 7 M –9 ay 7 Ju –97 l Se –97 p N –9 ov 7 Ja –9 n– 7 M 9 ar 8 M –9 ay 8 Ju –98 l Se –98 p N –9 ov 8 Ja –9 n– 8 M 9 ar 9 M –9 ay 9 Ju –99 l Se –99 p N –9 ov 9 Ja –9 n– 9 00 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 Figure 8.27 International reserve (US$ billion – Russia) Source: Thomson Datastream approximately $6 billion foreign currency reserves within one month to 37 defend the rouble (see Figure 8.27). Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 This was added to deep political instability. In March 1998, President 6. Fallimento LTCM – 1 • Gli algoritmi dei premi Nobel • Arbitraggi: tempi normali vs. speciali (fat tails) • Tra effetti domino e moral hazard Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 38 Bari, EIMF 2012 Recent Financial Crises 103 7. Depressione giapponese – 1 40.000 20.000 18.000 16.000 14.000 12.000 10.000 8.000 6.000 4.000 2.000 - 35.000 30.000 25.000 20.000 15.000 10.000 5.000 All land Six largest cities 98 19 96 19 94 19 92 19 90 19 88 19 86 19 84 19 82 19 80 19 78 19 76 19 74 19 72 19 19 70 - NIKKEI 225 (right scale) Figure 8.34 Japan double bubble Source: our elaboration for access to the bond market by the firms and the creation of the 39 commercial market. Economia Finanziaria epaper Monetaria Giovanni Ferri Bari, EIMF 2012 These developments had important consequences for the banking 106 Liberalization, 7. Depressione giapponese Crises – 2 and Mega-Corporate Bankruptcies i IS0 IS1 LM i0 = i1 Y0 Y1 Y Figure 8.35 Liquidity trap where it is the short-term rate selected by the central bank on the basis 40 Economia of Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Bari, EIMF 2012 parameters, which are all positive: a1Ferri (the weight given to the inflation objective), a2 (the weight given to the objective of containing the 8. Megafallimenti societari – 1 • I certificatori collusi • Le agenzie di rating • Le risposte: Sarbanes-Oxley ecc. Economia Finanziaria e Monetaria Giovanni Ferri 41 Bari, EIMF 2012